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The MEDem Consortium

The MEDem Consortium consists of the following Consortium Partner Institutions:

MEDem Associated Institutions

Furthermore, the MEDem Consortium collaborates with the following MEDem Associated Institutions:

Board of Directors

E-Mail: hajo.boombaarden@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Communication, University of Vienna

E-Mail: sylvia.kritzinger@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Government, University of Vienna

E-Mail: m.a.c.g.vander.velden@vu.nl

Website: Department of Communication Science, Free University of Amsterdam

E-Mail: georg.lutz@unil.ch

Website: FORS, University of Lausanne

E-Mail: enrico.borghetto@unifi.it

Website: Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Florence

E-Mail: alexia.katsanidou@gesis.org

Website: GESIS Survey Data Curation, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

E-Mail: henrik.oscarsson@pol.gu.se

Website: Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg

E-Mail: ldesio@luiss.it

Website: Department of Political Science, LUISS Guido Carli University Rome

E-Mail: damian.guzek@us.edu.pl

Website: Institute of Journalism and Media Communication, University of Silesia in Katowice

MEDem Headquarters

The MEDem HQ is responsible for managing the MEDem research infrastructure, as well as for its organization, communication, and coordination.

E-Mail: hajo.boombaarden@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Communication, University of Vienna

E-Mail: sylvia.kritzinger@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Government, University of Vienna

E-Mail: jakob-moritz.eberl@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Communication, University of Vienna

E-Mail: emmanuel.meillan@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Communication, University of Vienna

E-Mail: andrea.wiesner@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Communication, University of Vienna

E-Mail: johanna.willmann@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Government, University of Vienna

Service center for text and multimedia data

The SCTMD coordinates research on diverse text and media sources — from party communication to media coverage — integrating written, oral, and visual data at both individual and organizational levels.

E-Mail: m.a.c.g.vander.velden@vu.nl

Website: Department of Communication Science, Free University of Amsterdam

E-Mail: hajo.boombaarden@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Communication, University of Vienna

E-Mail: jana.bernhard@univie.ac.at

Website: Department of Communication, University of Vienna

E-Mail: b.s.gilclavel@vu.nl

Website: Department of Communication Science, Free University of Amsterdam

Service center for Survey data

The SCSD is the central hub for survey-based research on voters and politicians, harmonizing data to advance comparative studies of democracy at the micro level.

E-Mail: georg.lutz@unil.ch

Website: FORS, University of Lausanne

E-Mail: annika.lindholm@unil.ch

Website: FORS, University of Lausanne

E-Mail: elie.michel@unil.ch

Website: FORS, University of Lausanne

Service center for country and institutional data

The SCCID organizes meso- and macro-level data, such as election results and party systems to expert indices and official statistics, enabling comprehensive comparative analysis of democratic systems.

E-Mail: enrico.borghetto@unifi.it

Website: Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Florence

E-Mail: stefano.costalli@unifi.it

Website: Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Florence

E-Mail: andrea.terlizzi@unifi.it

Website: Department of Political and Social Sciences, University of Florence

Service center for data Linkage

The SCDL develops and maintains linkage keys and coding standards, enabling the technical and geographic integration of survey, text, multimedia, institutional, and official statistical data.

E-Mail: alexia.katsanidou@gesis.org

Website: GESIS Survey Data Curation, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

E-Mail: lea.kaftan@gesis.org

Website: GESIS Survey Data Curation, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

E-Mail: sebastian.ziaja@gesis.org

Website: GESIS Survey Data Curation, Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences

Service center for interoperability

The SCI ensures data reusability across SCs by defining key democracy concepts and developing innovative methods for data linkage and imputation, strengthening comprehensive democracy research.

E-Mail: henrik.oscarsson@pol.gu.se

Website: Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg

E-Mail: stefan.dahlberg@miun.se

Website: Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

E-Mail: melina.liethmann@gu.se

Website: Department of Political Science, University of Gothenburg

Service center for platform development

The SCPD builds the MEDem Service Gateway Hub, creating algorithms for data retrieval, access, harmonization, and linkage to make democracy data more findable, accessible, and reusable.

E-Mail: ldesio@luiss.it

Website: Department of Political Science, LUISS Guido Carli University Rome

E-Mail: watkinson@luiss.it

Website: Department of Political Science, LUISS Guido Carli University Rome

E-Mail: fvisconti@luiss.it

Website: Department of Political Science, LUISS Guido Carli University Rome

Service center for training and capacity building

The SCTCB provides training for both researchers and non-academic stakeholders, ensuring that democracy research and data are shared with wider audiences, including policymakers, journalists, and citizens.